PBS 07, 077 (P258906)

Letter tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01573

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter; 14x14x3(u.e.)x2(le.e.) lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. [... u2-ba-al-la]-t,u2#-szu
2. qi2#-[bi2-ma]
3. um#-[ma ...]
4. {d}[x ... da-ri]-isz# _u4_-mi
5. [li-ba-al-li-t,u2]-ka#
6. lu# [sza-al-ma-ta]
7. [lu ba-al-t,a-a]-ta#
8. _dingir#_ na#-[s,ir]-ka# re-esz-ka
9. a-na da-mi-iq-ti li-ki-il
10. szu-lum-ka ma-har <_{d}utu> u3 _{d}marduk_
11. lu da-ri
12. ki-ma ti-du-u2
13. PA-PA sza-ni-a-am u2-ul i-szu-ma
14. [u2]-ul il-li-kam
reverse
1. i-na pa-ni _dah-me-esz erim_ nu-ba-li#
2. isz-ku-nu-ni-in-ni-ma
3. i-na te-KU?-up-ti al-li-kam-ma
4. mi-im-ma u2-ul al-qi2-a
5. _5(disz) gisz_ pi2-i-si
6. _5(disz) gisz_ szu-mi-i szu-bi-lam
7. szi-ip-ra ba-at-qa2 la e-pu-usz
8. a-na sza asz-pu-ra-ku
9. la tu-usz-ta-a
10. ku-nu-uk-ki i-na ma-asz2-ka-an
11. ih-li-iq-ma
12. i-na ku-nu-uk-ki sza-ni-im-ma
13. ak-nu-ka-ma
14. sza ta-asz-pu-ra
15. a-na _ka2-dingir-ra{ki}_
16. 3(disz?) ta-am-sza#-ri#
17. [...]
left
1. it#-ti sza asz-pu-ra-ku
2. _1(disz) lu2_ it-ti-szu li-il-li-kam

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: upper half of obv broken
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  • Genre(s): Letter (Letter; 14x14x3(u.e.)x2(le.e.) lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: PBS 7, 77

    [Ungnad1915PBS7] Ungnad, Arthur. 1915. Babylonian Letters of the Ḫammurapi Period. Publications of the Babylonian Section 7. Philadelphia: The University Museum.

  • history: AbB 11, 77

    [Stol1986AbB11] Stol, Marten. 1986. Letters from Collections in Philadelphia, Chicago and Berkeley. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 11. Leiden: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 01573
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Cite this Artifact
“PBS 07, 077 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P258906.
PBS 07, 077 artifact entry (No. P258906). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258906 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 07, 077 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258906 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {PBS 07, 077 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258906},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258906},
}

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